Archive for December, 2011

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

George A. Morgan
George A. Morgan, 61, of Bradenton and formerly of Anna Maria Island, died Dec. 18. He was born Sept. 5, 1950.
Mr. Morgan was a veteran of the U.S. Army who served in Viet Nam. He was a member of the Moose Lodge in Bradenton Beach. He worked as ...

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Shiners, shrimp, artificials get the bite going
Fishers using live bait and artificials are being rewarded with consistent hookups in Anna Maria Sound and the surrounding waters.
Redfish are staging on shallow grass flats adjacent to mangrove edges to sun themselves in the late morning and early afternoon. On charters this week, ...

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Anna Maria
• Dec. 15, 800 block of North Shore Drive, information. A woman visiting her aunt and uncle told a deputy that she believed some prescription drugs, including Fentanyl and Hydrocodone patches, were missing.
• Dec. 16, 800 block of North Shore Drive, information. A man reported an alarm sounding in ...

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Looks a lot like golf week on AMI
There was a lot of golf during the week leading up to Christmas at the Key Royale Club. The action got started Dec. 18 with the men playing an 18-hole individual-low-net match. Earl Richie carded a 7-under-par 57 to take first place, while ...

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Jubilant kids, hands waving in the air, smiles on their faces, ran to the shore, all shouting, “Santa!”
Santa’s sleigh had broken down in the Gulf of Mexico waters, but a rescue was in progress, according to the loud speaker at the Sandbar Restaurant pavilion in Anna Maria just before ...

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Bradenton Beach city commissioners will begin the new year still minus a colleague on the dais.
Since Nov. 8, the date of the general election, the city has lacked a Ward 3 commissioner. That’s because no one filed to run for the office vacated by Janie Robertson, who, due to term-limit ...

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Arraignment again was delayed for a 64-year-old Holmes Beach man accused of using Facebook to solicit a child for unlawful sexual conduct.
Ronald Littlehale was scheduled to answer allegations of sexually-related crimes in DeSoto County on Dec. 12, a court date delayed from Nov. 29. On Dec. 12, the arraignment was ...